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Monenteles. | LXII. COMPOSITAE. 523 
l. M. verbascifolius, F. Muell. Herb. A tall erect perennial or 
Bett, ie foliage densely woolly, often floccose, resembling that of 
Verbascum Thapsus. “Leaves ovate or obovate, 2 in. long or more, obtuse, 
lusters of flower-heads numerous, sessile in dense continuous 
oblong or cylindrical terminal spikes much larger ndis in "f^ spicatus. Bracts 
the common receptacle short, linear, woolly- hairy as in the other species 
but less spathulate, those of the partial involueres 3 to 4 lines long, linear, 
rigidly scarious. Ray-florets very numerous; disk-florets solitary. 
N. Australia. Glenelg river, N.W. coast, Marten ; between Victoria and Fitzmaurice 
mers, P. Mueller. 
Queensland, Bowman. 
2. M. spicatus, Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled, 43. t. 43. An erect peren- 
rial of 1 to 8 ft., softly tomentose, pubescent or woolly all over. Leaves 
obovate or oblong, ‘obtuse, crenate, 1 to 2 in. long or smaller on the flowering 
branches, soft, rugose, decurrent into narrow entire gs 
flower-heads small globular, sessile, forming terminal cylindrical and conti- 
mous or interrupted spikes, each cluster rarely above 3 or 4 lines diameter, 
md containing from 10 to 20 heads. Bracts of the common receptacle 
acute, woolly, not 2 lines long, those of the partial involucres narrow- 
et, acuminate, glabrous. pus florets solitary. Achenes sprinkled with a 
airs, — a 29 i M. 5. 
Flinders ae : om n; asd Pet Fitzalan; Rockhampton, 
Nei, Keppel B ay, Thozet ; Bris river, Mor Fraser, F. Mueller. "The 
Species is also in New Caledonia, Par in the Philippine p Hating 
long, those on the flowering stems often smaller, €: or itae soft, 
nigose, decurrent into narrow wings usually entire. Clus eads 
globular or nearly so, solitary, terminal and p bite o or puces acting 
lateral and sessile by the elongation of the shoot. Bracts of the common 
Teeptacle linear with dark spathulate tips, and densely clothed with long 
Woolly hy those of the partial involucres linear, scarious, acute, glabrous 
Bye nt ciliate. Female-florets numerous; disk-florets usually solitary. 
EE almost subulate. Achenes glabrous .—DO. Prod. v. 456; 
o etia nd M. intermedius, DC. Le 
" ustralia. Nichol Bay, N.W. coast. os. = m eller ; Victoria river e 
Dës Range, P. Mueller; Albert river, Henne of Carpentaria, Landsborou, 
Creek an SS eier ranges, M ‘Donall lay Seit ion. 
mmon plone the sandy shores and in the adjacent ES, R. Brown 
others ; Sie Mée Moreton Bay, 4. Cun MMMAS Pine river, Fitzalan 
S. Wal Darlin Dallachy and 6 
g river, aitac. Food. 
Ra alia. ards Spencer’s Gulf, Warbur o. 
* Species is A in ee Caledonia and New Gui 
ulosus, F. Muell Herb. A tall erect strongly-scented 
; M. glan 
à Se Perennial or “at aaa ub, m more or less glan ndular-pubes cent but not woolly. 
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Ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute and acutely toothed, bullate- 
